Raynes Park High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 24 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Merton
Unique reference
102674
Address
Bushey Road, SW20 0JL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1207 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
53.6%
Girls
46.4%
First language not English
31%
Free school meals (FSM)
36.1%
Persistent absence
26.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
23.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 36.5%
Other White 17.3%
Mixed 15.1%
Other Asian 7%
African 6.8%
Other 5%
Caribbean 3.9%
Pakistani 3.1%
Indian 1.7%
Other Black 0.9%
Chinese 0.8%
Unclassified 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.02
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.59
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 35%
Local authority average 50%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 40%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.9
Local authority average 52.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.64
Local authority average 4.73
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award21
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award10
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award22
Sports StudiesTechnical Award63
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE25
BiologyGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE29
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
Design & TechnologyGCSE25
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Raynes Park High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
238
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
88
2nd preference
107
3rd preference
136
From another Local Authority
215
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
88
2nd preference
32
3rd preference
22
To another Local Authority
57
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
201
95
106
Year 8
214
121
93
Year 9
221
114
107
Year 10
203
106
97
Year 11
194
104
90
Year 12
113
66
47
Year 13
61
41
20
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
93.8%
85.6%
Further education
47.0%
26.7%
35.4%
School sixth form
36.0%
59.4%
36.6%
Sixth form college
6.0%
7.4%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.3%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
0.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
2.6%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.6%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
74.0%
81.2%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
11.0%
30.6%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.0%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.3%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021